I think the Pens just tired of Whitney's profile as a guy who would not take the body. Someone like Letang, who will do everything Whitney can with the puck (eventually) but will also knock your knickers off, is the right profile. Whitney was a little too soft, and yes, he is drastically overpaid right now. If he ever even gets back to being as good as he was two seasons ago, the Ducks will have a nice one.

The Ducks, as someone else pointed out, must be looking at moving Pronger or Niedermayer - or they may be looking at Niedermayer hanging them up after this season. He has flirted with stepping away now for 2 years.

Mongoose87 wrote:This is a good deal, so long as Whitney never maxes out to his potential. If he improves and becomes decent, I like it. If Whitney ever truly finds himself, though, we may regret this. Of course, if Tangradi is as good as he looks, we may not care

Oh. And good luck Ryan, best of luck to you in Anaheim. You do have to feel bad for him in the sense that if the Ducks trade Pronger, than Anaheim fans might expect to have whitney be that kind of player. That could be rough for him but I think he'll do just fine.

Mongoose87 wrote:This is a good deal, so long as Whitney never maxes out to his potential. If he improves and becomes decent, I like it. If Whitney ever truly finds himself, though, we may regret this. Of course, if Tangradi is as good as he looks, we may not care

I don't like the trade in that he's probably selling Whitney at his lowest value. They get decent production from Kunitz and a guy who probably won't be ready to seriously contribute for 2-3 years, if he does. I'm not disappointed in moving Whitney, but I'm not doing cartwheels over the return either.

Matthew Monstar wrote:So where exactly was Kunitz playing, line-wise for the ducks?

Where do you think he'll play for the pens?

He was playing mostly on the 2nd line with the Ducks, though I think he started the year on the 1st line. He plays bigger than his just his size, has a Cup, and brings some solid leadership along with his pretty good stats. I can see him with Malkin and Sykora right away. I think Fedo likely will stay with Crosby and who knows who will be on the other wing? Dupuis maybe.

We get a decent winger in Kunitz,but i really dont like 3.75mills per year.. Overpaid -but i hope he can be at least 25 goals per season scorerWhitney was surplus on our defense and his play was the reason he was traded,otherwise it would be Goligoski who would be gone..